The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday authorised complaint verification (CV) against Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) MNA, senior officials of Ministry of Industries and Production and a former agriculture minister Sindh.
A NAB official said that PML-N MNA Syed Iftikhar ul Hassan and Sarfraz Shah against whom complaint verification was ordered by Executive Board Meeting (EBM) presided by the bureau chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry. Syed Iftikhar ul Hassan, Sarfraz and others were alleged for misuse of authority and getting illegal financial benefits, he said.
He said that the EBM also authorised complaint verification against Syed Ali Nawaz Shah, former Minister Agriculture, Sindh and Agha Zafrullah Durrani, Director General (DG) Agriculture Engineering and Water Management (AE&WM). The CV was authorised against Shah and Durrani on charges of alleged misuse of authority and gave illegal orders to the officials of Sindh On-farm Water Management (SOFWM), he said.
Officials said the EBM also was authorised against CV against officers/officials of Ministry of Industries & Production on charge of their alleged involvement in corruption and corrupt practices causing a loss of Rs 3 billion to the national exchequer.
According to a statement issued by NAB spokesman the EBM also authorised CV against Zaheer Ud Din, former provincial minister, Punjab and Akhtar Ali, Ex-Town Nazim, Faisalabad.
The accused persons were alleged for misuse of authority by way of acquiring government land illegally in Faisalabad through manipulation in Revenue Record and illegal construction and obtaining of pecuniary advantage through dishonest and illegal means. The EBM also decided to file a reference against Matloob Ahmed Khan Ex-Chairman HRECHS, Naveed Zarar Khan Ex-Managing Director, Sindh Co-operative Society, Abdul Sattar Laghari Ex-Administrator HRECHS, Ghulam Muhammad Kaim Khani, DG HDA, Muhammad Iqbal Memon, Director HAD and Shahid Pervaiz Memon, Dy Director, HDA. In this case, the accused persons were alleged for corruption and corrupt practices. Hence,causing a loss of Rs 1.84 billion to the national exchequer.
The EBM also ordered five inquiries. The bureau authorise an inquiry against Muhammad Akhtar Buland Rana, former Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) on charge of alleged corruption, corrupt practices and misuse of authority. The bureau also ordered inquiry against Dr Zafar Iqbal former Vice Chancellor, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST). In this case, the accused person is alleged for financial misappropriation, mismanagement and mal-practices in the affairs of FUUAST.
The EBM also ordered in inquiry against Dr Jospeh Wilson, Ex-Acting Chairman Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP). The accused person is alleged for corruption/corrupt practices and misuse of authority by causing loss of approximately Rs 10.22 million to the national exchequer.
The bureau authorised another inquiry against Gayan Chand, former Minister Forest & Wildlife, Waseem Ahmed Ursani, Ex-Secretary, Forests and Riaz Ahmed Wagan, Ex-Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Sindh. In this case, the accused persons were alleged for misappropriation in the budget of Rs 150 million of Forest & Wildlife Department, Government of Sindh.
An inquiry was also ordered against officers/officials of Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Industries. The accused persons were alleged for causing a loss of Rs 2.10 billion to the national exchequer. The EBM also decided to authorise investigations against Abid Javed Akbar, former Chairman NICL, Muhammad Zahoor, GM (F&A) NICL, Ejaz A. Khan, Executive Director (CS) NICL, Shahab Siddiqui, Manager (Investment Policy) NICL and Rafique Dawood, Chairman First Dawood Investment Bank Limited (FDIBL). The accused persons were alleged for misuse of authority by making irregular investment of Rs 100 million in FDIBL.
Second investigation was authorised against officers/officials of National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), DISCO Chief Executive/ Directors of Distribution Transformers Manufacturers & others. In this case, the accused persons were alleged for causing loss to national exchequer in connivance with transformer manufacturing industry based on allegedly fake data/figures and thereby extended undue benefit to the transformer manufacturers at the cost of state exchequer.
The EBM decided to re-authorise inquiry against M/s GLOBACO (now Orange Holdings Pvt Ltd) and authorities of DHA and M/S LANDCO (Pvt) Ltd subsidiary of DHA for alleged cheating public at large and criminal breach of trust, thus causing loss of over Rs 3.632 billion.
NAB approved Plea Bargain (PB) requests of Farooq Jehangir, Mian Pervaiz Mehmood and Mian Zulifqar under section 25(B) of NAO, 1999 in investigation against Rana Muhammad Azam Tikka, Hammad khan Tikka, Sheikh Muhammad Ayub and others in a case of illegal transfer of Qaser-e-Zauk at Lahore and Zahid Ali Akbar, Ex Chairman, WAPDA.
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